The legendary who is known to have himself how to play the guitar at the very tender age of 9 years is no other person than our own John Smith Hurt who is better known as Mississippi John Hurt in the American music industry. He was an American country blues singer and guitarist.
How old was Mississippi John Hurt when he died?
The famous American country blues singer and guitarist sadly passed away at the age of 74 years when his music career ended, but today his music and legacy continue to live on. Candy Man, Louis Collins, Spike Driver Blues, Coffee Blues, Monday Morning Blues, and Richland Woman Blues are some of the hit songs that Hurt, blessed his audience within his active days.
Hurt died on November 2, 1966, of a heart attack, in a hospital in Grenada, Mississippi. His last recordings had been done at a hotel in New York City in February and July of that year and were not released until 1972 on the Vanguard LP Last Sessions.
Hurt was born in Teoc, Mississippi, in 1893 which is an unincorporated town in Carroll County just outside of Greenwood. He was raised on a farm in Avalon and worked as a farmhand and on the railroad line.
Hurt began playing the guitar in 1903 and within a few years, he began playing at local gatherings. He played guitar with fiddler Willie Narmour who was the one who recommended Hurt to the Okeh Records talent scouts in 1928. Hurt recorded his first music with Okeh Records with moderate success.
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